Building a SUPER BRAIN

Website: https://www.humanbrainproject.eu
The ‘Human Brain Project’ is a massive European initiative with the aim of building the worlds first and complete human brain on a supercomputer. Among the goals of this mega project are trying to reach the next generation in fields like medicine, robotics and supercomputing. Including trying to understand and help solve dreadful brain deceases like Parkinson, Alzheimer, Epilepsy’s and many others.

The project is mainly founded and funded through the support of the European Union ‘7th framework program’ with over 1 Billion Euro’s in initial investments for the projected 10 year program. The project is likely to advance beyond that when the first complete human brain simulations are going to give scientists huge new insights into many of the brain deceases and afflictions currently still unsolved.

The huge supercomputing developments are going to be accessible by other agencies in Europe as well. Like for advancing weather predictions, subatomic physics simulations and interstellar simulations for astronomers, among other fields. The neoromorphic technologies are expected to have a big impact on robotics as the technologies will allow robots to start processing data from their environments more in line with human brains and the brains of other higher animals.Video Rating: 4 / 5

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25 Comments

Christopher Macias

April 3, 2015

This research may solve so many problems… almost or all of them. But then
what is the ultimate solution for the world problems?﻿

Jason Lee

April 3, 2015

First of all. Do we even have the computer power to like simulate even
TRILLIONS of cells? Just wait until quantum computer becomes even more
popular. Even a D-Wave wouldn’t be able to simulate a full human brain.﻿

Bohnni Nancy

April 3, 2015

Safa Kurşun

April 3, 2015

Understanding the brain..﻿

Monirul Islam Bappy

April 3, 2015

Ernest Dickinson

April 3, 2015

This technology may lead to cures for epilepsy, tarets syndrome, and
countless mental illnesses and disorders, including PTSD, Anxiety
Disorders, and so on. ﻿

RobotEnomics

April 3, 2015

Sidorenko Andriy

April 3, 2015

Terrence Lee Reed

April 3, 2015

Celso Principal

April 3, 2015

yes,,, very good.﻿

gumdokim

April 3, 2015

I’m for this, I just don’t agree with the mouse being used…﻿

ado k

April 3, 2015

many diseases can BE INSOLVED/CURED, but money making is the only disease
really. MONEY AND POWER > usa/eu governments >> >NEW WORLD ORDER control.
so no prosperity in any way: PAY MONEY FIRST! FUCK THE REST OF THE WORLD﻿

jorge nolasco

April 3, 2015

Proteins Dreaming Codons

April 3, 2015

This so so awesome. A massive ‘Hell yeah, Europe!’ for Europe!!!!!!!!﻿

IBM is involved, so they’ll probably enlist specially modified Watson
technology for the task of knowledge acquisition, management, and query.
BTW, HBP is completely separate from IBM’s own SyNAPSE project whose goal
is not to build an accurate human brain, as is the goal of HBP, but to
learn just enough to build advanced neuromorphic chips for cognitive
computing. HBP will devise and build chips also along the way, but their
goals are much more extensive, all the way to full brain simulation.

BigMTBrain

April 3, 2015

Research released on Oct. 27, 2013 reveals that dendrites do computation
based on characteristics of the inputs. For example, varying visual
information is recognized and processed differently by affected dendrites.
This was not previously known. Previously, axons and dendrites were
understood as simple signal transporters. Now, to approach an accurate
model of the human brain, dendrites must be modeled to the same degree as
neurons… an enormous amount of extra work. Add another billion euros.

pieanim

April 3, 2015

Kathinka Evers has such a soothing and well spoken voice! She should have
been the voice for Siri.